Ironwood Provides First Quarter 2017 Investor Update

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRWD), a commercial biotechnology company, today provided an update on its first quarter 2017 results and recent business activities.

“Ironwood made steady progress in the first quarter towards becoming a top-performing commercial biotech company, with strong execution across all facets of our business,” said Peter Hecht, chief executive officer of Ironwood. “LINZESS demand was strong with greater than 20% year-over-year growth, and the brand remains on track to exceed $1 billion in U.S. annual net sales by 2020. We look forward to continued commercial momentum throughout the remainder of 2017, as well as several expected catalysts from our mid- to late-stage pipeline including the launch of DUZALLO, if approved, and at least three key data readouts and four clinical trial initiations.”

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